The prime minister of New Zealand has said the Irish Examiner’s tribute to Jonah Lomu shows the country needs a new flag.

A CORK father, who had to fundraise so his two autistic sons could access education, is running as an Independent candidate in Cork South Central.

More than 100 homes used by soldiers during the Troubles are to be converted for people in housing need, it was announced today.

The United States is considering establishing a missile defence system in Europe designed to stop a ballistic missile threat from the Middle East, the Pentagon said today.

TWO suicide car bombers struck within a minute of each other and a half-mile apart in southern Baghdad yesterday, killing seven policemen and raising the day’s death toll from blasts in the capital to at least 31, police said.